A new Swedish political poll shows the Pirate Party with 5.1 percent support, enough to garner seats in the June European elections. The party won 0.6 percent support in the 2006 elections. The party ranks second nationally among those aged 18 – 29 and fourth in the 30 – 44 […]
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The Electronic Commerce Protection Act – The Competition Act Provisions
Having reviewed the Electronic Commerce Protection Act provisions on anti-spam, enforcement, and do-not-call, the other major section in the bill are the provisions involving reforms to the Competition Act. The ECPA makes several important amendments to the statute to better ensure that false or misleading representations in electronic messages are captured by the law. This will mean that the Competition Bureau will have the power to investigate and take action against the use of false headers, false locator information, or the presence of false or misleading content in electronic messages.
The changes focus on parallel reforms to the false or misleading representation provisions and the deceptive marketing provisions. The Competition Act will now include a lengthy new provision on false or misleading representations in an electronic message. The three main offences, contained with Offences Related to Competition, are:
Consumers International Releases IP Watch List
With the U.S. Special 301 Report set for release today, Consumers International has released its own IP Watchlist. This list of 16 countries found that consumers benefit most from the laws in India and South Korea, while the UK is the most restrictive. It also noted that the U.S. applies […]
BBC Film Critic on Movie Piracy
Techdirt points to a recent video from a BBC film critic who argues that movie piracy is an industry problem (screener leaks) rather than a consumer issue.
Better Late Than Never
The Department of Foreign Affairs has sent requests to people who submitted comments on the first ACTA consultation to ask their permission to post their comments online. I previously posted the summary of those comments obtained under ATIP.
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